The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-08-14

peutlHR 10 IIle BbHeTdl pubic.
About ten years ago tho Captain purchased
eomo land on the south branch OF the big
Wichita Rivcr, Texas. and a few months later
went out to mako arrangements for establish
ing ranch. Ho took with him large shop
herd dog OF great natural intelligence. From
Fort Worth he journeycd to within twenty live
miles Of his destination by rail- At the
fort no hired horse for o week, got
his directions about the roads, and set
off In good spirits. 1t was lovely weather
and q bracing atmosphere, and the Cap
tain WIS Jolly enough until. after tho first
five miles had been covered he noticed that
Prince tho dog. was acting In a very queer
manner. Three different times the dog headed
the horse as II TO turn him back, and when
this did not avail he sat down In tho road and
howlcd In the most dismal manner. The Cap
tain got down to look him over. but could find
nothing wrong. The dog would look UP ut him
and whine and bark and run back toward the
town. and whom his master refused to follow
him he again get up lamentnble bowling. NO
such conduct had ever been noticed in him be-
fore, and tho Captain finally concluded that
the dog was orr on account of the change OF
climate. DO lett tho town ut o'clock In the
alteTnoon caleuiaing to stop oyer night at
Ing II uunrtor. OF an hour, with the dog; he re-
mounted and rode on. Prince howled louder
his tail and ears down, as II in great trouble.
Two things happened to prevent the Captain
from reaching the ranch as he had planned,
grove for an hour, and in pursuing his journey
again Inc got among the cattle trails and lost
and once or twice the Captain was on the point
of shooting him. believing that no had gone
maa 1r t Mhen 1hs wn
Ing Ing into the Wichita. He had seen the light
from MAR of and had made a short cut to
RESPONSE
Ing woman about 40 years old came to the
door, and to, his, request to be accommodated
the arma s .n whiie the horse Was ' Being
cared for in n brush stable the man OF the
He had face even more vicious than the
woman,s. and but for the breaking of the
storm Clark would have resumed his journey.
shift les s and poverty The woman had no
The Captain evadsd some and answered others
untrnthfully, but yet the settler got an idea OF
was when Clark rode up to, the house. Prince
halted 500 feet away and began bowling, but
after few minutes his noise ceased and no
more was seen or heard Of him.
10 O'Clock with the he STORM r5nr still raging
rooms in the house, with bed In each room.
and he had the. front room While he did not
by any means like the looks Of the, pair. he had
no suspicious that they intended him harm:
He was well armed. a brave man. and he did
not intend to sleep too soundy. There was
neither lock nor catch on his door, and he Kept
He had gone to the door and whiStled for Prince
before removing his clothes. but the dog had
Captain was only fairly in bed when the dog
came to the out, outer door. snu!l9d about out for
sat ana s h@ es up up 3 Ea r, ase af
now seemed quite certain, that Prince was
mad. and the Captain made up his mind to
shoot him the first thing next morning.
WAS lust getting to Slepp," he explained,
when the dog returned again. heard him
sn 9oI the d09T ana pfet soon he howed
OF wall, and it made me SILVER. 1t struck me
that there, was note Of warning in it. but
and l determined to give him no further at;
tention. He was of In a minute or two. and
ae INF the a Wsr i9F Sf
when was awakened. The dog had his nose
at the bottom Of the door. and was bowling
was to get up and shoot him. but rs heard a
movement in the next room hesitated for a
mo aSr earI the oG man ar yak gs
back door and go out. No doubt he
had, gone to drive Prince, away. and settled
ran off, bat though listened long and inteRtly
l did not hear the man return. l did hear
supposed he had cried out to the dog. Tho
storm was over now and the light OF the moon
flooding into tho room. and as turned over to
WOO sleep again my face was toward the door
and saw that the door was alar. rose up on
my elbow 10 get better look, and at that in
came came the woman. She had light axe i in her
hands, and no sooner had she made out that
was awake than she sppra1g, forward and
time to study or calculate, but eyaded tho blow
by instinct. She struck at my head, and l drew
to @Ss spare As the Wi" BLOW o e Rsted m
self out Of bed; and , before Or, the woman ,ea
Sa 1 nd tsra haa hsT yeah las las
mo on my back, but tell you had to, exert
myself to conquer that woman. she had mus;
hold on herthroa that she wilted. Our struggle
Taste lasted fully FIVE minutes, and during al that
4oS s Rf n at hG asGn nsSnf hnd
Just worsted the woman when tho dog came in
by way OF the back door and no would hay,
him to stand guard, and then proceeded to
strike light and dress me-,
the Wb hs h IN
my bt he Shs5 a hs 1 S
looked out OF the back door, and the
mystery wa; explained. There lay tho man
en e and hs eoud
no wound. and knew that no pistol had been
fired. After hesitating a bit. seized hold, Of
back. driven clear up to the hilt. was Il knife. 1
did not attempt to Pull it out; but returned to
e che was s Prince woud
permit no further move. 1 had torn the
clothes pretty well of her person, and her hair
was the fact that hor face was al! blood.
Taken altogether, she WAS about as hard a
sight as had ever seen. | had no sooner en-
tered the room than she began to curse aud
reyile me, using the most awful oaths and in
dulging in the most terrible threats.
II was not until daylight that I had sati--
factory eXplanation. Tho couple had deter
mined from the first to murder me. About
midnight, or as soon as the storm passed over
me, my horse was saddIed and led out. They
knew / was armed. but heard me snore in my
sleep. and the man had the door open almost
wide enough TO admit his body when Prince
came back and awoke me with his bowling
The man retreated and went out doors 10 settle
the dog. There was Il clothes line stretched
from the corner OF the cabin to q tree, md as
he was moving rapidly alorf! this caught him
under the chin and flung him backward
He had the knife in his hand. and US he
fell it was twisted about in such a manner
that he fell upon H., Tho woman went ont and
found him ea5ninE h5 last. She knew It had
come about by accident, and shc was not
shocked. On tho contrary she determined to
finish me herself and ride. OH on the horse
Well. gould have made her trouble, but !
didn't. / tied her in such way that she could
not release Acrself for an hour, and then rode
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